[csallen]

> After all, you could win 9 out of 10 times but that 1 time is where you blow up.

In the article he discussed exactly this happening.

> I also question if it's really HFT, the bar is really high to get low latency connection but he's only making 3.5k/month...it just doesn't make sense.

Again, in the article he states that he abandoned his HFT approach.

Most of these negative comments seem to come from people involved in trading who didn't read the full article but are extrapolating based on their knowledge of finance.